Saturday AM 11.26.16

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Lunch Sales: $3131
Projected Sales : $3360
TY Lunch Sales: $3580
+/- :  +12% LY and +$148 PS
Lunch Covers: 176
Avg PPA: $19.93

Previous Days Labor:19%

Previous Days Comps: 4%
Controllable Comps: 0%!!

Weather: Overcast and in the high 60s

Special events?: Post-Thanksgiving Weekend

Who worked: Mandy, Renee, Sophia TR John, Johnny CL. Tori Host, Gabe SA, Hiroe FR

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Slow start, but like clockwork at 1pm it picked up and we went on a wait. Had a lot of 4 tops and 5s. A few 6s & 7s came in too, as expected on a weekend with lots of families in town. The restaurant was full of kids too. We ran out of high chairs at one point, but I know we don't have anywhere else to keep them if we got more. We stayed on a 30 minute wait throughout the rest of the shift, and sat the last table around 2:15. I cut Renee at that point, and then went 2 on at 2:40. Had 4 tables walk in at ten til 3, Johnny took 2 of them and Mandy took one of them. Johnny did a great job of delegating what he needed in order to take those two tables, also. We closed without incident. No long tickets or upset guests. Another breeze of a shift!

Since we talked about putting the Thai style sauce on the side, it got me thinking. So today I ordered the Amazu chicken to see if it has the same problem as the Thai Style. I got it straight from the kitchen and when I had a bite, it was cold. Mainly because of the cold sauce on it. So that might be something we want to revisit as well. If we are tossing chicken in these cold sauces, they are going to come out cold. Can we keep the sauces warm?

Specials: another contest on the close outs. Renee sold a bottle of Tears of Dawn, so I took care of her lunch.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-Sophia was training John today. She was very thorough with him, which was great to see. He seemed to pick some of it up, but I'm not sure how focused he is on it. He's really excited to be on the floor, but will need to work on inefficiencies.
-Like I mentioned above, Johnny was very vocal with what he needed.

Any VIP's in?
Old John

Comps& Void Detail:
Kome Bucks for Renee's winning bottle of Sake.

R&M needs:
The spray nozzle at dish pit was spraying all funky. Connor told me Scott tried to fix it, but couldn't. I took a look at it and it turns out, the screw on the bottom of the sprayer just needed to be tightened. I got the Phillips head and just screwed it in tighter, and it worked fine.

86'd items/ need more:
Almost out of Sencha, I ordere 2 more bags.